My Mommie and Me

Thursday, July 29, 2010

The LAST time when I explained DIGESTION, many cats wanted to know how we get HAIRBALLS. I been THINKING as hard as I can to figure this one out.

And here is the answer! ALL cats have a special thing in their THROATS that MAKE the hairballs for us! It is a LOT like this special invention called a KNIT-WIT! Only the ones inside CATS are made of BLOOD and GUTS and BONES and stuff instead of PLASTIC.

Here is a DEMONSTRATION. You can SEE that the little HAIRS go inside the throat and THROUGH the KNITWIT bone inside the E-SOFTA-GUS! And the furs KNIT into a TUBE!

Of course, our GOAL is to knit up something FANCY like this SCARF. So far, I have NOT been able to FINISH a KNITWIT project. Yet. I will KEEP trying.What have YOU made with your KNITWIT bone?

Thanks for that great lesson Harley. We did not know about Knitwit bone. But we do make gorgeous things with it, just didn't know how we were doing it, so now we know.We put our little treasures all over the place to decorate the house. But then for some reason, they disappear. Have a great day.

Grace has been into "fiber art" lately, as her hair balls include grass from outside. It is a lovely addition to her puddle of yuck as the green grass adds color and texture. She is all about art, you know.

Thanks for telling us about the HAIRBALLS! WE had no idea where hairballs came from - you are so SMART to figure that out!! Thanks for telling us. We haven't had any success making anything with ours yet - just yucky lumps. But now that we know we can MAKE things we will try harder to get something good done!

How does you knows all this stuff Harley? You sure are very smart! I thihnk kitties should be allowed to choose to get either their nit-wits removed or their manly man-parts! I woulda choosed my nit-wit cause I hates hairballs.I hopes you makes a scarf soon Harley.

I am SO glad you cleared that up for me! Although I personally never knit hairballs, my so-called Brother does. Then my Humans get all in a tither trying to figure out if it's just hair, or hair and food, or is he sick blah blah blah. Now I know it's just a poorly made scarf. Thanks for this informative post!

Gosh Harley you are so cute. What a great model. I confess that I feared the worst about hairballs, but I see now it's just a gentle arts and crafts project. Heck, one of your hairballs would make a fine gift in fact!! My old kitty "Mycroft Homes" used to gift some hairballs actually, now I understand completely why he did that. He was knitting an afghan for me!! Thank you Harley!! Good work. PS: When do we get to see you in your leather jacket again??